More smiles per gallon.
My little sister Darlin was able to return to her home and her friend Joyce - who is also a spiritual healer sent out an email. In it she said, "It's the complete and utter distortion of time that has vexed me the most. Dates and days have been unfathomable, without substance and meaningless.
We held our breath and existed in one expanded moment. We prayed that we would be spared, that our towns would have the opportunity to grow and flourish.
Now, under magnificant blue skies, we are beginning to slowly exhale.
For me, the choice is that either everything has meaning & purpose or nothing does. I choose the former.
To think that nothing has meaning or purpose makes no sense."
Darlin has read in the science of Numerology the year 2013, reduced to it's simplest expression, is the number 6 (2 + 0 + 1 + 3 = 6). She told me according to Faith Javane & Dusty Bunker's book, Numerology and the Divine Triangle, the keywords for 6 are: "family and social responsibility, service, love, compassion, counseling, healing, creativity".
In the local paper, Weekly Sun, writer Karen Bossick relates how just outside the immediate threat zone driveways throughout the valley "began to look like used car parking lots" as the community made room for the more than 3,000 evacuees. My sister was one of them.
I saw the community rise to the best expression of the "6" energy.
“It simply had to be. The clearing was necessary.”
Darlin's friend also managed to host a Bounce Back event which had someone offering Healing Touch, another woman doing chair massage and Joyce and her mini readings. She focused on conversations with all who came by to bounce back. She created a "Silver Linings" sign where people left messages of the blessings they felt. Community members wandered around, talking about their experiences.
The Incident Command camp is pulling out the remaining tents and tractor trailers today. Darlin said most everyone is welcoming back the rhythm and flow that is natural for this time of year. They can breathe and we will forever remember the gratitude for having survived the experience. To all of you who prayed, thought good thoughts, made magic or simply held a space of love for my sister and her sun valley home: THANK YOU!!!
You may recall that Swiss Days is this weekend. I plan to take my boys today again like I did five years ago. The flowers will be bursting forth, like they were on my bike ride this morning. Some changes in these landscapes as Autumn comes to greet us. I'll be writing more this week.
In the meantime, as the calendar definition of Summer comes to a close, I wish you Happy Labor Day and leave you with this from The Beatles:
"And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make."
